THIS award recognises organisations that have made significant contributions to the continuous training and education of staff members.

The judges will be looking for companies that demonstrate a positive commitment to the ongoing training and education of its employees, can prove how investment in training has brought success for them and their employees and which also shows how employees have gained the necessary skills to maximise their contribution to the overall success of the business They are also looking for a company which can show its people development strategies have improved its performance and created a committed, motivated and effective workforce.

Alex Osborne, of British American Tobacco, said: “We are delighted to sponsor this award which recognises, encourages and rewards companies and organisations that make a significant investment to the training, development and education of their employees.

“This is key to the future development of any company but in difficult economic times it is often an area that is under-valued.

“ A h i g h ly effective and motivated workforce can only be good for the future prosperity of a company – and we are proud to give our name to this award.”

 

GHS M&E

GHS are a local building services company.
It specialises in gas, water, electrical,
ventilation and air conditioning services
including central heating systems,
gas appliances, bathroom installations,
electrical rewires and renewable energy
systems.
The firm offers a reliable and personal
service, with quality industrial and
commercial specialists, providing full
mechanical and electrical installations,
using an experienced and professional
workforce in accordance with the 17th
edition of IEE regulations, gas safe register
and F-Gas legislation.
And to top it off, with over 30 years of
mechanical and electrical experience
in its i n d u s t r y, you can be sure the
c o m p a n y has been tried and trusted.

 

NEW MEDIA SOFTWARE LTD

THIS company provides software that
helps businesses to increase sales
through technology.
Products include low cost diallers for
telesales teams, email and SMS marketing,
web chat, web forensics and call
recording.
To put it another way, if you sell to
customers, you should be talking to
New Media Software.
The business was founded in 2000 and
since then has developed a worldwide
reputation. Its customers include many
major household names but primary
focus is providing low cost solutions for
SME business, typically with 5 to 125
staff involved in sales, customer service
or administration.
Innovation is at the heart of the company.
It has strong links to the
University of Southampton and uses
Internships to identify and recruit the
brightest people.

 

VERTICAL LEAP

THIS firm is an award-winning, specialist
search marketing agency.
It helps clients maximise the impact
from the search channel, both paid and
organic.
Founded in 2001 with more than 50
people working from their head office
in Portsmouth, they are one of the
fastest-growing specialist search marketing
agencies in the South of
England.
The management strongly believe that
training and developing employees is
critical to our success.
It founded VL University (VLU) to
deliver targeted courses to employees
with all levels of knowledge and experience.
The feedback from employees has been
amazingly positive and demonstrates
our clear commitment to professional
development.

 

BENHAM MANUFACTURING

BENHAM Manufacturing, based at
Rushington Business Park,
Southampton, has a core business activity
involving the assembly and machining
of complex components primarily
for the aerospace, defence and oil and
gas sectors.
We consider our sustained success is
attributable to:
Our commitment to investment in
plant, our people and our facilities;
Our ability to innovate engineering
solutions by fully utilising the capability
of our machine tools and people;
Our philosophy of investing in training
to aid innovation and improve our
processes.
We envisage this approach will continue
to deliver success.